Where does Emrah Silav work?

Emrah Silav is Managing Partner at Oleka Capital.

What does Emrah Silav invest in?

Emrah Silav invests in Fintech.

Where did Emrah Silav go to school?

Emrah Silav studied at Cornell University (Master of Science (MS), Financial Engineering); The University of Texas at Dallas (MBA, Finance); Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University (BS, Economics).

Emrah Silav

Investor

Managing Partner at Oleka Capital

Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye

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281 people in our graph share verified history with Emrah — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Mike ZakunlockedEmrah: together at Cornell (2007–2009)

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×3Emrah: together at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University

×2Emrah: together at The University of Texas at Dallas

About

Emrah Silav is a Managing Partner at Oleka Capital and a Strategic Advisor at the fintech accelerator Archie. He previously chaired United Payment and led the OYAK Finance Group at Oyak Securities, and earlier served as CFO at Erdemir overseeing group finance at OYAK Mining and Metallurgy. He holds an MS in Financial Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Dallas, and is a CFA charterholder.

Invests in

Fintech

Experience

Oleka CapitalManaging Partnercurrent2024 — present
archie.Strategic Advisor at archiecurrent2024 — present
United PaymentChairperson of the Board2021 — 2025Istanbul, Türkiye
Oyak SecuritiesHead of OYAK Finance Group2020 — 2024Istanbul, Türkiye
ErdemirCFO2017 — 2020Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye
Oyak SecuritiesCEO2016 — 2017Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye
Atlas Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş.CEO2013 — 2016Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye
RiskturkHead of Risk Management and Software Development2012 — 2013Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye
Creditwest Bank (North Cyprus)Chief Financial Officer2009 — 2012
Cornell UniversityTeaching Assistant2008 — 2009Tompkins County, New York, United States
University of Texas at DallasTeaching Assistant2005 — 2007Dallas
Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK)Bank Supervisor2000 — 2005Istanbul

Skills & more

Derivatives26Credit Risk16Financial Analysis8Valuation13Corporate Finance5Financial Risk22Monte Carlo Simulation1Statistics6Portfolio Management18Economics6Mathematical Modeling2Capital Markets7

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Data AnalysisProject ManagementBasel IIBankingRisk ManagementFinanceFinancial MarketsMatlabVBAC++Microsoft ExcelJava

Languages English, German

Bloomberg Equity, Fixed Income, Derivatives — Bloomberg
CFA — CFA Institute

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İhsan Elgin

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İlker Sözdinler

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Emrah Silav?: Emrah Silav is a Managing Partner at Oleka Capital and a Strategic Advisor at the fintech accelerator Archie. He previously chaired United Payment and led the OYAK Finance Group at Oyak Securities, and earlier served as CFO at Erdemir overseeing group finance at OYAK Mining and Metallurgy. He holds an MS in Financial Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Dallas, and is a CFA charterholder.
Where does Emrah Silav work?: Emrah Silav is Managing Partner at Oleka Capital.
What does Emrah Silav invest in?: Emrah Silav invests in Fintech.
Where did Emrah Silav go to school?: Emrah Silav studied at Cornell University (Master of Science (MS), Financial Engineering); The University of Texas at Dallas (MBA, Finance); Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University (BS, Economics).

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Also attended The University of Texas at Dallas66

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Also attended Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University63

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Shared employers

Also worked at United Payment2

İlker SözdinlerManaging Partner at Oleka Capital Iako JikiaFounder at Helio AI LLC

Also worked at Cornell University186

Mike ZakInvestor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Peter MintunAssociate at ARCH Venture Partners Maryam AsadiInvestment Manager – Advanced Materials at Emerald Technology Ventures Ag Justin SmithlineGeneral Partner at Triple Impact Capital Peter EmighFounder & President, Savoy Life at Red Cell Incubation Mike AnnunziataFounder & Managing Partner at Also Capital

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Also worked at University of Texas at Dallas25

HemamAdvisor at Clear Ventures Bryan ChambersCo-Founder & President at Capital Factory Sarah RomankoAssociate at Geek Ventures Randy AllenCompany Building Partner at Material Impact Taylor CavanahPartner, Portfolio Strategy at Blueprint Equity Raghu YarlagaddaInvestor at FalconX Credit / Pareto Vault

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